Folding shoe shine stands



June 3, 1958 BROWN 2,836,842

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INVENTOR United states Patent FOLDHIG SHQE SHHNE STANDS Each E. Brown, Brooklyn, N. Y.

Application Qeteher S, 1956, Serial No. 614,435

2 Claims. (Cl. 15-265) The present invention relates to improvements in folding shoe shine stands, that is a type of stand for use in shining and brushing shoes, one object of the invention being the provision of a foot rest type which when not in use is folded to form a rectangular case or box-like structure, but which when the parts are extended, forms a foot rest having a stable support.

In order to fully understand the invention, attention is invited to the accompanying drawings, in which:

Figure 1 is a view from one side of the stand in folded position.

Figure 2 is an end view thereof taken from the right side or end.

Figure 3 is a view of the stand extended and ready for use.

Figure 4 is a top plan view in extended position.

Figure 5 is a top View of the draw-like member with its cover 013?.

Figure 6 is a view of the straddling member.

Referring to the drawings, the numeral 1 designates a straddling and main carrying member, which is a square U-shaped member, while the numeral 2 designates the cooperating member, in the shape of a rectangular drawer or box. The member 1 is provided with a carrying hand grip 3, and with an abutment 4, the purpose which will presently appear. A screw headed bolt 5, acts as a pivot and holding or securing device to attach the member 2 to the member 1, and so that the parts may assume the position as in Figs. 4 and 5, and thus permit the device to be used as a shoe shine stand, a winged nut 6, secures the bolt to the member 2 for movement in to closed position as in Fig. 1, or open as in Figs. 4 and 5.

The member 2 is a box or drawer, and is divided by partitions in to three compartments 8, 9 and 10, for the reception of the various elements needed in cleaning and shining shoes. Thus shoe polish, and other necessities can be carried in the drawer, while rubber disks 12 hold the polish containers so that they are in a firm or secure position to permit a brush to be used. This is in the center compartment 9. To hold the member 2 within the limits of the member 1, a stud or abutment 4- is carried by the member 1, but not so firmly as to prevent the easy swinging of these members in to closed or open positions.

What is claimed, is:

l. A folding shoe shine stand, consisting of a relatively fiat rectangular box, and a member having a main center portion pivoted to one wall of the box and having two parallel legs, the center portion thereof having the same width of the walls of the box, whereby when the stand is not in use as a foot rest, the legs straddle the box and the main portion is adjacent to and covers its adjacent wall of the box, and when the center portion is swung to a position at right angles to the wall of the box, the Wall of the box opposite to the wall to which the main portion of the straddling member is pivoted forms with the two legs a three legged support for the stand.

2. A shoe shine stand composed of two members, one of which is a modified U-shaped member forming two legs for the stand, and a relatively flat rectangular box pivoted at one side to the U-shaped member to move into and out of enclosing relations to the U-shaped member, and which when not in use is enclosed on three sides by the U-shaped member and which when swung to form with the U-shaped member an equilateral cross provides a foot rest for brushing and shining shoes, and with the free end of the box and the ends of the terminals of the U-shaped member forming legs to support the stand.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS 392,407 Chorrnan Nov. 6, 1888 2,268,732 Walter Jan. 6, 1942 2,356,029 Burger Aug. 15, 1944 FOREIGN PATENTS 438,607 Great Britain Nov. 20, 1935 

